Balkovci 4 (Ivančevi)

While every house in Slovenia has a civic address, many houses also carry a household name. These names are how other people typically referred to that family. This house carries the name of Ivančevi. This name is most likely derived from the name of the household’s original owner.

Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Balkovec surname in Balkovci. This is the fourth of the five houses (in order of house address). The Balkovec surname is only originally found in Hrast, Balkovci and Zilje.

The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Balkovec. He married Katarina Čadonič. Together, they had at least 3 children, including:

1A. Matija Balkovec b. 1812, m. 1838 to Katarina Starešinič (Jaminova from Brdo) — they remained at this house.

1B. Ivan Balkovec b. 1820, died at the age of 38. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.

1C. Marko Balkovec b. 1828, died at the age of 45. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.